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Show GENERAL UPWARD TREND 16 I NOTED INSECURITY LIST Advance More Noteworthy as Trading ' Is Marked by Frequent Intervals of Dullness. 1 NEW YORK, March 2?. Excepting transpor- , tatioup. whh'h failed to fallow the !ioruI trend until tli? final hour and then only iu minor! degree, the movement of prices on the fctoeR i enhance today -was again distinetly toward j ra.-Uerially higher K'.els. The advauce -was tin- more notforthy be- j cause trading was marked by freou. ot intervals i of extreme dullness, when ieilins pressure nhsM j have exi-rted an adverse iufluemv, but at no J period were reversals more than nominal. , Developments of the session were founded largely on rumor and bolrd(rooiu gossip, which dealt mainly with the course of events at Paris and the pmspee-ts of trade revival, especially in the steel and tjnpper industries. Steels, equipments and coopers bulked large in the day'-, dealing, likewise motors, oils, to-hacei'S, to-hacei'S, fertilizers and shippings trading iu these j various specialties assuming wide dimensions toward to-ward the end. An extreme jidvnneo of G'. points in General ' Motors probably was affected at the ev.t"ie of a short interest and substantial sains in Industrial Alcohol, the leading petroleums and motor specialties also occasioned hurried covering cov-ering cf contracts. United States Steel nas in steady demaud a t an extreme rise of 2"s to lH)Tt,. almost a p-dnt under last w eek's ma ximuin . but con & id era Hy higher than its recent low ipiotatiou, and aftill-ated aftill-ated issues pained 1 to 3 points. Canadian Pacific was Hie one ouishinlnij; feature among rails, its rise of 31v ooiu'.s being attributed to the conipauy's record gnih.s iuiu-ings iuiu-ings as disclosed in the annTil epjrt.. ba s amounted to S75M)00 shares. Bonds were steady to firm, aside f rum sliciit shading of issues comprising the foreiiri) croup. Total sales (par value agrt-gated M2.773.utKt. Old United States bonda?" ere unchanged ou call. |